It has been 56 years since Patrick (Paddy) Paddon walked into the woods in Colchester County on a deer hunting trip with his father and uncle.

Nov. 29, 1969 was also the last time anyone saw Patrick, who was 17 at the time.

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He and his relatives were supposed to be out for just a few hours that morning. They went into the woods on Pembroke Road in Burnside not far from a farmhouse owned by a family friend, and they were supposed to meet at that house at noon.

Patrick’s father, Bernard, and uncle, Neil, returned, but Patrick didn’t.

When he still wasn’t there by 1:30 p.m., they drove around the area and to Stewiacke and Truro, but there was no sign of Patrick, a Grade 11 student at the former Prince Andrew High School in Dartmouth.

The two men saw another hunter wh

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